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Mason Korea Campus Dean Dr. Robert Matz signed an MOU with Mr. Wonchan Tea of Newbie, a study abroad agency for student-athletes, to cooperate on establishing a Mason Korea soccer team to compete in the Korea Football Association. 

Jae Young Lim, a junior Global Affairs major, was recently featured in the local news for her work with Onhappy, a local NGO that operates 10 children’s centers in Incheon to provide English education programs to underserved communities.

Mason Korea professors Gyu Tag Lee and Claude Drolet delivered special lectures on K-Pop and communications to some 100 students at Songdo High School, while three Mason Korea students gave mentoring sessions.

In this interview, rising sophomore Dawn Oh talks about why she left California and decided to come to Mason Korea.

Dr. Roland B. Wilson, Program Coordinator and professor at Mason’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and Co-Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Center Asia (PACSC Asia), was invited to speak at the 16th public forum for peace and prosperity held on Jeju island. The Jeju Peace Forum serves as a venue for policy discourse to seek peace and co-prosperity on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia.

Mason Korea partnered with the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation (KSPO) to offer a special lecture program for students enrolled in Dream Together Master (DTM), a global sports development graduate program at Seoul National University. Professors Roland Wilson and Soyoung Kwon lectured on sports diplomacy to nearly 30 students from around the world.

Following the success of the 2021 CSPS-Korea Annual Symposium entitled “Human Security in the Gray Zone: North Korean Defectors and Their Children” held in May, Dr. Soyoung Kwon, Director of CSPS-Korea and a professor of Global Affairs, recently gave an interview on KBS Radio program “Hanminjok Hanaro” (One Korean People). 

Mason Korea has partnered with the Foundation for Medical Innovation (FMI) to collaborate on innovative growth in the field of medicine and life sciences. Through this partnership, Mason faculty will be providing customized training and consultation to bio industry researchers and professionals at FMI Business School.

Jihyo Cha graduated last fall with a BA in Global Affairs and a minor in Communications. Since discovering her passion for PR and communications during her undergraduate years, she began her first job right after graduating.